Description

United States of America/Rhode Island - Continental Loan Office
in the State of Rhode Island Second, Third, Fourth Bill of
Exchanges for $36/180 Livres Tournois, Payable at Paris April 20,
1781 Anderson US98-11A Hessler X32E.
A partial sheet of Second, Third, and Fourth Bills. We have only
seen a couple of individual First Bills and there are no known
sheets complete with all four Bills. Bill of Exchange signed by
Hopkinson and countersigned by Clarke. Francis Hopkinson is a
signer of the Declaration of Independence and Joseph Clarke a
signer of Rhode Island colonial currency. It is graded PMG
Extremely Fine 40 Net with ink burn where broad penned
strokes were applied. These are legitimate rarities as we only have
sold a couple examples previously. The two partial sheets of three
that we sold since 2015 realized $3,525 and $3,997.50, with both
being of inferior quality to this pristine item. A trophy prize for
the astute colonial fiscal paper collector.

Auction Info

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Apr-May, 2018

25th-1stWednesday-Tuesday

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